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Ceratocorys veligera

Ceratocorys veligera, (Deflandre, 1937), Lejeune-Carpentier, 1943

Now Rhiptocorys. Originally Micrhystridium, subsequently Ceratocorys, thirdly Microdinium, fourthly (and now) Rhiptocorys, fifthly Phanerodinium, sixthly Phanerodinium?.
Tax. sr. synonym of Microdinium irregulare Clarke and Verdier, 1967, according to Below, 1987.
Tax. Sr. synonym of Microdinium smolenskiense (Vozzhennikova, 1967) Lentin and Williams, 1973, according to Below, 1987. Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990, retained Microdinium (as Rhiptocorys) smolenskiense as a separate species.
At the time of the transfer, Lejeune-Carpentier, 1943, emended the diagnosis of this species.

Holotype: Deflandre, 1937, pl.12 [al. pl.9], fig.9
Age: Senonian
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